Awards and Job Placement

Curious about employment for USC Ph.D.s? Here are some recent grads with their academic life histories. Feel free to e-mail for more Tales of L.A.:

Sarah Blake
B.A. University of Toronto

Ph.D. USC 2008

Visiting Instructor, Wellesley College, 2007-2008

Assistant Professor, York University, 2008-

blake@usc.edu

Sandra Blakely
B.A. Brigham Young University 1982, Ph.D. USC 1998
Assistant Professor, Emory University, 1999-2005

Associate Professor and Winship Distinguished Associate Research Professor, 2005-
sblakel@emory.edu

E. Del Chrol

Ph.D. USC 2006

Assistant Professor, Marshall University, 2006-

chrol@marshall.edu

Karen Dang
Senior Lecturer, Department of Greek and Latin, Ohio State University
dang.28 @osu.edu

Therese De Vet
B.A. USC 1981 (anthropology; linguistics),M.A. USC 1983 (English), Ph.D. USC 1997
Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, 1998-

Jessica Dietrich
B.A. Swarthmore 1990, Ph.D. USC 1997
Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamilton College, 1996-98
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, 1998-

Rhiannon Evans
B.A., M.A. University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1991, 1992; Ph.D. USC 1999
Associate Lecturer, University of Tasmania, 1999-

Trevor Fear
B.A. (hons.) Bristol University 1987; M.Litt. Durham University 1991; Ph.D. USC 1999
Visiting Instructor, SUNY Buffalo, 1997-98
Visiting Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, 1998-99
Visiting Assistant Professor, UCLA, 1999-2002

fear@open.ac.uk

Catherine Feeley

Ph.D. USC 2006

Assistant Professor, Bishop's University, 2006-

cfeeley@ubishops.ca

David Fredrick
B.A. University of Kansas 1982, M.A. University of Kansas 1984,  Ph.D. USC 1992
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, 1990-91
Assistant to Associate Professor, University of Arkansas, 1991-

dfredric@comp.uark.edu

Phillip Sidney Horky
B.A. University of Michigan 2000, A.M. University of Chicago 2002,  Ph.D. USC 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, Introduction to the Humanities Program
Stanford University
phorky@stanford.edu

Patricia Johnson
B.A., M.A. Cornell University 1977, 1979, Ph.D. USC 1990
Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross, 1990-96
Assistant Professor, Boston University, 1996-

pjjclass@bu.edu

Marie Marianetti
B.A., M.A. (anthropology) California State University 1981, 1982, Ph.D. USC 1990
Visiting Assistant Professor, College of William and Mary (Classics), 1990-93
Assistant to Associate Professor, CUNY Lehman (History), 1993-

Mark Masterson
B.A. Stanford University 1982, M.A.T. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1987, Ph.D. USC 2001
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, 2001-02
Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamilton College, 2002-05
Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), 2005-present

mark.masterson@vuw.ac.nz

Siobhan McElduff
Teacher, Harvard-Westlake School;  and Lecturer, UCLA Extension

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, 2007-

Peter O'Neill
B.A., M.Phil. (ancient history), Jesus College, Oxford, 1993, 1995, Ph.D. USC 2001
Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, 2001-2003
Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Exeter, 2003-

Rosa Cornford Parent
B.A., M.A. (Hons.) University of Auckland, 1989, Ph.D. USC 1999
Research staff, TLG Project, UC Irvine, 1999-2000

Diane Pintabone
B.A. Boston College 1987, M.A. University of Colorado 1990, Ph.D. USC 1998
Lecturer, California State University at Long Beach, 1998-2000
Lecturer, Scripps College, 1999
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 2000-2001
Teacher, Westridge School, 2001-2002

pintabone@earthlink.net

Philip Purchase
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Interdisciplinary Program in the Humanities, Washington University, St. Louis
ppurchas@wustl.edu

Joseph Smith
B.A. University of Rochester (English) 1983; M.A. University of California at Berkeley (Greek) 1986; Ph.D. USC 1997
Visiting Assistant Professor, San Diego State University, 1997-1999
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University, 1999-
Associate Professor, San Diego State University

jasmith@mail.sdsu.edu

Alex Watts-Tobin
B.A. Durham University 1991; Ph.D. USC 2000
Visiting Assistant Professor, Temple University, 2000-2002

googs@temple.edu

Daniella Widdows
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., USC 2006
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Loyola College in Maryland, 2006-2007

Assistant Professor, Hampden-Sydney College, 2007-
dlwiddows@loyola.edu